Dubbed “one of the best moments in the Telethon history” actor Keith David as “Tevye” and Lior Kaminetsky playing the fidel played Fiddler on the Roof, or Tote Board.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yossi and Mima (nee Megalnic) Samuels on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
NEW YORK, NY [CHI] — With the high holidays approaching, community leaders and activists gathered at One Police Plaza in Manhattan for a security report and threat assessment meeting covering the security of places of worship, with the commissioner of police Hon. Raymond Kelly.
I read Rabbi Hecht’s opinion piece this morning and I want to state that I wholeheartedly concur with everything he said. As a resident of Crown Heights, I look forward to the crush of guests and the warmth of Tishrei. There is an excitement in the air that can not be replicated at other times of the year. Each year the number of guests in Crown Heights continues to multiply and multiply.
I have seen highly organized programs, with dedicated madrichim, and serious learning. I have had wonderful guests who continued to stay in touch even several years later.
Sholom Goldstein (Toronto, Canada) and Chaya Mushka Rosenfeld (Melbourne,Australia) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].
Elimelech Evers (Amerfoort, Holland) and Chaya’le Halberstam
IYH at Rayim Ahuvim, 1614 Carroll St, [corner Schenectady Ave].
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info
SHARON, MA — On August 28th Leah Larson, 17 year old creator and editor of the popular YALDAH magazine for girls worldwide, was chosen as a semifinalist in the ‘Someday Stories’ contest by Wells Fargo Bank.
Chosen, along with four others, from 10,000 applicants, Leah received $10,000 for her magazine. Yaldah – Hebrew for “girl” – is a magazine that encourages young girls to follow their dreams, empowers them to take leadership roles in their communities and celebrates their Jewish faith.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yehuda Meer (Morristown, NJ) and Brocha Balkany (Boro Park, NY) on their engagement.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info
Beginning today, New Yorkers will have their chance to buy a drivers license that will allow them to cross the border without a passport.
The enhanced license will be another accepted form of identification when traveling by car or boat to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda.
Starting in June, federal law says all travelers will no longer be allowed to cross the border with just a regular license or birth certificate.
Nosson Lang (Crown Heights) to Rivky Moss (Sydney, Australia) .
IYH at the Jewish Children’s Museum 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave].
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Hundreds of Beis Rivkah elementary and high school students paid their respects to Mrs. Menucha Lazaroff, a woman who has taught thousands of girls as a teacher and influenced boys as a camp mother in Gan Israel, NY.
The Levaya first passing by Beis Rivkah on Lefferts Avenue, where the girls stoon on the sidewalk with Tehillim’s in theirs reciting Kapitlach, then on to 770 where the high school girls did the same. Anash and Bochurim gathered there as well taking part in the Levaya.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Chizkieh and Ahuvah Leah (nee Charach) Coates (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Members of the editorial team of Chabad.org – the world’s leading Jewish website and the flagship site of the Chabad Lubavitch movement – gathered from across the globe last week in New York for two days of intense brainstorming and skill-building sessions.
The conference began at the Rebbe’s Ohel, where editorial team members signed and read a Pidyon Nefesh asking the Rebbe for his guidance and brachos for the team to merit to fulfill the Rebbe’s wishes of them in spreading yiddishkeit, Torah and Mitzvos and the fountains of Chassidus in the best and widest possible manner.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Avrohom Baruch and Chanie (nee Reizes) Pevzner on the birth of their first born daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
On Friday evening before Sabbath services and dinner, Rabbi Shaya Gansbourg dons his best black fedora and long silk coat and sets out chairs and prayer books.
The rich aroma of his wife’s matzo ball soup drifts through the hall, a tempting, olfactory invitation to pray.
The Gansbourgs know their food has to be good if they want to attract a crowd. Not all their congregants strictly keep the Sabbath or kosher, and on Fridays, just a few blocks away, is Amy Ruth’s soul food restaurant with chicken and waffles.
Gansbourg, a stout man with a silver-streaked beard and a thick Yiddish accent, is the spiritual leader of Chabad of Harlem, a one-room synagogue and community center on the ground floor of 437 Manhattan Ave. at 118th St. that he and his wife, Goldie, opened last year.
As we approach Tishrei – of a Shnas Hakhel – many families are considering sending their teenage sons and daughters (sometimes even younger) to Crown Heights for Yom Tov in order to draw from the deep well of Chabad richness – the Rebbe’s Shul, the Sukkah, the Ohel and the streets of the Schunah.
Undoubtedly, many parents feel that the time spent in Crown Heights is a time to charge or recharge the batteries of our children to help them tackle a year of learning, Mivtzoim and success.
There is no Kedushah in the world like Crown Heights in Tishrei, however, a cornerstone of Chabad philosophy is “Zeh LeUmas Zeh Asah Elokim” and therefore great caution is necessary.
We would like to wish Mazel tov to Bentzion and Chani (nee Wineberg) Shemtov (Chicago, IL) on the birth of their firstborn son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Police Commissioner Ray Kelly seems to be making it a habit to just drop in to Crown Heights for a visit, this time he got to watch the Tzfasman Hachnosas Safer torah procession making its way to 770.
The commissioner stood on the avenue and watched for a few minutes and was approached by community residents who greeted him.
More in the Extended Article.
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